2/25/2018

Background

  • 105 metered spaces around the Downtown mall
  • Started September 5, 2017
  • City council cancels pilot on January 2, 2018 (planned to run until March 5th)
  • $51K in revenue (meters cost $50K)

More info

  • Goals
    • Improve access to short term parking spaces
    • Get long-term parkers to use the decks
    • Use revenue for mall improvement projects
  • Concerns
    • Businnesses worried about meters decreasing patron traffic
    • Also about employee parking

The meters

Weekly revenues

  • First and last weeks are partial
  • No decline over the program

Weekly patterns

  • Sundays are dead
  • Weekend revenue is greater

Daily patterns

  • Every day spikes at lunch & dinner
  • A lot more lunch outings on Friday
  • Monday happy hour?

$tats

Average meter fee:

[1] 1.86

Program revenue:

[1] 51454.79

Projected yearly revenue:

[1] 260710

Wrap up

  • City estimates they will take a loss due to secondary costs (vandalism, consultant)
  • Why did they cancel early?
    • On track for profit
    • Meters already paid for

Follow ups

  • More data
    • How much was the consultant?
    • What report did the city council see?
    • Do businesses have data showing lost revenue?
  • More transparent government
    • Open data for all city decisions
    • Less corruption
    • Better decisions
    • Public support

Questions